Talk:Gaza Strip
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Split section History
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- The result of this discussion was to split into History of the Gaza Strip. Consensus cited summary style guidelines and the only opposition was rendered as an invalid argument. Going to begin split tomorrow. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 04:05, 20 July 2025 (UTC)
into History of the Gaza Strip. It's the largest section of the article without a main page. A paragraph would be left, following summary style guidelines. fgnievinski (talk) 02:22, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- Support. The summary could be a few paragraphs long. UpdateNerd (talk) 02:40, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- Please leave more than a paragraph (agree with UpdateNerd), but in general agree the section has exceeded WP:SUMMARYSTYLE. CMD (talk) 09:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- but there is too many articles related to israel-palestine - as long of the main article is not above 15k words - i oppose the change. Astropulse (talk) 01:45, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
"there is too many articles related to israel-palestine"
is not a valid reason to oppose. 95.98.65.177 (talk) 11:58, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
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Should gaza be described as an ethnostate?
Due to the demographics, it appears to be an ethnostate. Would adding this as a description help it be more accurate and unbiased? Generikuser (talk) 02:36, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- Are there sources that characterise it as such? Alaexis¿question? 14:06, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- Gaza isn’t a state The Great Mule of Eupatoria (talk) 05:43, 23 September 2025 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 September 2025
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Change: "The Gaza war has caused widespread destruction, a humanitarian crisis, and an ongoing famine in the Gaza Strip". to "Israel has caused widespread destruction, a humanitarian crisis, and an ongoing famine in the Gaza Strip".
Why: it is misleading, factually not correct, and understating to suggest the war caused the destruction, the humanitarian crisis, etc. It is the actions of Israel, not Hamas that has created the conditions of the famine. Israel is blocking the entrance of the food, not Hamas. It is Israel that had demolished 90% of the housing stock, 95% of the farm land, and polluted underground water for decades to come, not Hamas. Saying "the Gaza war" has caused this is shielding Israel from its direct responsibility in the humanitarian situation. It is misleading the readers.
Source: - housing stock: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616491/gaza-war-infrastructure-damage-destruction/ - farm land: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/26/more-than-95-percent-of-gazas-agricultural-land-unusable-un-warns - ground waters polution: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/terrible-thirst-hits-gaza-with-polluted-aquifers-broken-pipelines-2025-08-07/ 2A02:6B6F:E9C0:9500:D388:D6D6:6CF5:3814 (talk) 15:16, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit extended-protected}}template. A consensus will be required before this edit request can be implemented, since it is potentially controversial. Day Creature (talk) 16:10, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 October 2025
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Remove the split section proposed template from the History section, as this split has been made (History of the Gaza Strip).
Seantavius (talk) 15:46, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
Done Theeverywhereperson (talk here) 16:27, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
Proposed section under the status
- Pockets of territory controlled by the Counter-Terrorism Strike Forces and Popular Forces
Requested move 13 November 2025
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- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 00:41, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Gaza Strip → Gaza – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The term Gaza is now widely used to refer to the entire Gaza Strip, particularly following the Gaza war. A simple search for “Gaza” shows that sources use it as shorthand for the Gaza Strip. Gaza has become the common and primary name for Gaza strip. — Cinaroot (talk) 08:08, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
- | Google trendsCinaroot (talk) 08:15, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. Such a change would create confusion between Gaza City and the Gaza Strip. In addition, the difference between the city and the Strip is significant, and the fact that the media shortens the name for convenience shouldn’t affect Wikipedia. If we do that, why not change the article title “United States” to “America,” since many people call it that? BlookyNapsta (talk) 13:41, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose – nothing has changed since April. This article doesn't even get double the pageviews of Gaza City, so there's no primary topic, and we should be looking at the first occurrence in sources as we're considering the title here. Especially in higher-quality sources, Gaza Strip is consistently used over Gaza in introducing the territory. New York City is 4:1 against New York (state) in terms of pageviews in a very similar situation, and arguments to move it to the basename of New York have consistently failed. 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 16:58, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. The ancient city that forms its core is just as notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:42, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- This doesn't make Gaza City is less notable. “Gaza” is overwhelmingly used in high-quality international sources to refer to the Gaza Strip, not specifically Gaza City. That shift in usage is what prompted the request. If reliable sources were predominantly using “Gaza” to mean the city, that would support keeping the current titles, but sourcing trends indicate otherwise. Cinaroot (talk) 19:10, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- When two topics are equally notable we don't make one primary. That's the point. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:18, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
- This doesn't make Gaza City is less notable. “Gaza” is overwhelmingly used in high-quality international sources to refer to the Gaza Strip, not specifically Gaza City. That shift in usage is what prompted the request. If reliable sources were predominantly using “Gaza” to mean the city, that would support keeping the current titles, but sourcing trends indicate otherwise. Cinaroot (talk) 19:10, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. The ancient city that forms its core is just as notable. Srnec (talk) 16:33, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
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- Oppose The city certainly has a notability itself beyond the fact that it's part of the strip.Lukewarmbeer (talk) 11:25, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose The current name "Gaza Strip" is unambiguous in that it is clear in referring to the territory as a whole rather than just the city. Dn9ahx (talk) 12:52, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
RfC: Whether to state that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, in this article
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Following the RfC's on Gaza genocide and Israel, there is a large consensus to state that it is a genocide in Wikivoice.
However, after changing this article to align with this, it was reverted, and I don't want to start an edit war, so an RfC is the best way to solve this.
Currently, the wording is this: "Israel's actions in Gaza since the start of the war that began in 2023 have resulted in large-scale loss of life, mass population displacement, a humanitarian crisis, and an ongoing famine.These actions have been described by scholars, international law experts, and human-rights organizations as constituting a genocide against the Palestinian people."
My proposed idea is this; if anyone has a better-worded sentence, we can use that as well:
"Israel's actions in Gaza since the start of the war that began in 2023 are genocidal, resulting in mass population displacement, a humanitarian crisis, and an ongoing famine."
TheSilksongPikmin (talk | contribs) 12:50, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- Close, discuss this with the reverter first per WP:RFCBEFORE and try to find a consensus. Also see WP:BRD, when reverted you're supposed to discuss, the options aren't just edit war or rfc Kowal2701 (talk) 13:12, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- They reverted and stated there was no consensus in the edit summary, so I am starting this to get one specifically about this page. TheSilksongPikmin (talk | contribs) 13:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- You could resolve the dispute through normal discussion by just pinging the reverter. Not all disputes must be resolved with a full-blown RfC. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 14:18, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- They reverted and stated there was no consensus in the edit summary, so I am starting this to get one specifically about this page. TheSilksongPikmin (talk | contribs) 13:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- (Summoned by bot) Certainly there are better uses of editor time than opening RFCs on hot button political topics that would be better evaluated after further development and with more temporal distance. This RFC does not appear to improve the project and primarily attracts advocacy driven participation rather than constructive editorial input. Procedural close, as the requirements of WP:RFCBEFORE were clearly not met. Nemov (talk) 13:54, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- Can we at least wait until this closure review is over before applying the Israel RfC result to other articles? This feels rushed. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 14:16, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 January 2026
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Change "Since Spetemnber 2025," to "Since September 2025," under Project New Gaza ~2026-17883-5 (talk) 11:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
- Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:09, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
